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that even in olden days, the categories of aspects were nearly the same as current though their horizons might have broadened. Table 4 : Different Disquisition Doors under 8 D. D. System. 1. Existential Naming Prajñāpanā, Astikāya, Sādhāna, (Sat)
Sat, Nirdesa 2. Sankhya
Dravyapramāņa, Vidhāna, Kāya, (Numeration ) Jivasamāsa, Quantity, Akarsa 3. Spatial Location Kșetra, Avagāhana, Height, Fine(Kşetra )
ness, Position, Direction, Dandaka ( Places of kārmic realisation ),
Adhikarana 4. Pervasion/Contact Sparsana
area ( Sparśana ) 5. Kāla ( duration, time ) Kāla, Sthiti ( life-span ), Tirtha 6. Interval (Antara ) Antara, Kāya-sthiti 7. Relative Strength Bhāga (proportion ), Alpabahutva
(Alpabahutva ) 8. Modes (Bhāva ) Physical
Modification (Pariņāma, Visesa, Paryaya ), Shape, Bone-joints, Sex (pravicāra, sex-pleasure ), Intake, Respiration, Colour Instincts, Speech, Senses, Completions, Birth, Birth-places, Species, Expansion, Pudgala, Attainments, Identification, Kalpa ( form, conduct ), Destinity ( Chyavan ), Ownership. Psychical Colouration, Passion, Activity, Consciousness (Pasyatta ), Feeling ( feeling, feeler ), Kārmic bondage, Kārmic feeling, Kārmic prematuration, Attachment, Restraint (Caritra, Sannikarşa ), Spiritual stages, Libe
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